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From: Matthew Russotto
Date: Tue, 11 Sep 2001 13:39
Date: Tue, 11 Sep 2001 13:39
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In article <3ba2f426.2278364@NNTP.ix.netcom.com>,
Professor Vonroach <vonroach@popd.ix.netcom.com> wrote:
>On Mon, 10 Sep 2001 23:33:31 GMT, russotto@wanda.pond.com (Matthew
>Russotto) wrote:
>
>>>Sounds like tedious work. Though it is amazing when you think about it
>>>that the surface of the Moon accurately reflects the center of gravity
>>>to within 3 cm.
>>
>>The moon is tectonically inactive, and tidally locked. IOW, you don't
>>get significant shifting within the moon.
>
>Tectonically inactive or not, what value is the knowledge of the exact
>distance to a point on the irregular surface of the Moon from a point
>on the irregular surface of the Earth to within 3 cm.? What is known
>of the stability of the lunar mirror?
As I said, you're emitting pure noise.
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Matthew T. Russotto russotto@pond.com
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